On 22 November 2014 Lionel Messi became the leading and probably the greatest goalscorer in the history of Spanish League division 1, he went into the game against Sevilla 1 goals behind Telmo Zarra and he notched up a stunning hattrick to beat the record and put his name as the ultimate goal scorer in spain.
In total Lionel Messi has scored 368 goals for FC Barcelona since he turned professional back in 2004-05 season which include 253 goals in La Liga, 71 goals in Champions League and some 45 goals in other cup competitions. here we take a look at his goals tally in la liga and how he scored his goals.
In 2004-05 season Messi turned professional for Barcelona and scored his first league goal.
Messi scored his first hattrick which came against Real Madrid in 2006-07 season in 3-3 draw
L.Messi wins four back to back Fifa Ballon Dór awards
Messi broke the record of most goals in a calendar year scoing 91 times in 2012
Messi put up another record to his name scoing in 21 consecutive games
Lionel Messi became the youngest player to reach 200 goal mark in spanish history
Messi has scored more goals in El Classico than any other player
Scoring a hattrick against Sevilla on 22 November 2014 Messi became the leading goalscorer in spanish league history
| SEASON | INSIDE THE BOX | OUTSIDE BOX | FREEKICKS | PENALTIES |
| 2004-05 | 1 | |||
| 2005-06 | 6 | |||
| 2006-07 | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2007-08 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2008-09 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009-10 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010-11 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2011-12 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 2012-13 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013-14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014-15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Now we are going to take a look at some of the records messi has put on his name in his 11 year professional career with FC Barcelona. There is actually a huge list of records but we will only list some of the most prominent ones.
| Leading goal scorer in La Liga History 253 goals | All time leading Barcelona scorer 368 goals |
| Most goals in a single La Liga season (50) | Leading goalscorer in Champions League (71) |
| Longest scoring streak history of La Liga (21 games) | Most Goals in calendar year (91 in 2012) |
| Most Hattricks in a La Liga season (8) | Most Goals in a champions league match (5) |
| Most Goals in El Classico (21) | Won Champions League golden boot record 4 times |
| Most Ballon dÓr awards (4) |